I wrote a blog before about cellphone etiquette, and how to be courteous in the use of your phone. Now I’m going to suggest some reasons why it’s to your advantage to switch off your phone – and others when it really would be inappropriate for your phone to ring!

1. Intimacy

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If you’re enjoying an intimate encounter, then for god’s sake remember to switch off the phone! You do not want to be interrupted! Not only may you find it hard to regain the mood, but your partner would be less than impressed if you expect him to wait while you chat to your mates.

2. Dear Departed …

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Since funerals are generally solemn occasions (although I’m planning a bit of a party for mine), it really wouldn’t be appropriate for phones to go off in the middle of the service. Imagine Lady GaGa, Crazy Frog or that irritating Nokia tune going off just as the vicar intones ‘our dear brother was a good man …’

3. Have a Break

Just because the phone is there, it doesn’t mean that you have to be a slave to it! It should be there for your convenience, not the other way round. If you want to be incommunicado, then go right ahead.